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12 End of Year Test Retake [Update]

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Dr McDonald

The End of Year Test retake will be held in two 1-hour sessions, with Paper 1 type questions on Monday, June 17th and Paper 2 type questions on Friday, June 21st, both during our regular class time. [Edit: Note that … Continue reading →

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12 End of Year Test

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Dr McDonald

The 12 Mathematical Studies End of Year Test will be held on Wednesday, May 29th, beginning at 9:30 in A1 (see your examination timetable). The material covered will be that of chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7. Good luck!

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10 End of Year Test

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Dr McDonald

The End of Year Test will be held during class on Tuesday, May 28th. Calculators are permitted, and the material covered is the entire contents of our textbook (except chapters 15 and 18). Good luck!

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8 End of Year Tests

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Dr McDonald

We’ll be writing two end of year tests, one (the no-calculator paper) on Tuesday, May 28th, and the second (the calculator paper) on Thursday, May 30th. Good luck!

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12 Sequences Quiz

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Dr McDonald

On Thursday, May 16th we’ll have a quiz on sequences. Good luck!

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10 Higher Compound Interest Activity

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Dr McDonald

Once you know how to do the basic compound interest calculations, you can use spreadsheets (or write a computer program) to do some more complicated calculations, like those involved in annuities. The question sheet you can find here presents a couple … Continue reading →

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10 Homework Assignment

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Dr McDonald

Complete the following questions on looseleaf paper, to be collected at the beginning of class on Friday, May 3rd. Page 208 questions 2 and 3

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11 Mock Exam

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Dr McDonald

On Tuesday, April 30th, we’ll have a (2 hour) Paper 2 (Calculator permitted) mock exam. Study well!

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8 Angles Test

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Dr McDonald

On Monday, April 29th we’ll have a test on Angles (Chapter 7).

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Tessellating Quadrilaterals in GeoGebra

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Dr McDonald

In class we discussed the result that every quadrilateral will tessellate, and it’s easy to use GeoGebra to create these tessellating patterns. Follow the steps below to create your own tessellation! Open GeoGebra and choose Geometry from the list of … Continue reading →

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